The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-04-13
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WEDNESDAY. APRIL Is, 1887.
EDUOARp NERVE.

NJ. EUOuarU llcfNc, WHO mas DcCn
enrolled among the forty immortals
of France, to the great JOY of his
journalistic brethren of all shades of
opiniou0was born in the Island of
Reunion in 1885. His contributions
to literature in book form have been
meager and intermittent, his only
considerable work being q careful
exposition of the Irish question, "La
Crise Irlandaise," which did not
please the Parnellites, because it
was strongly tinctured with Wing
gerry. IL helped, however, with his
page d'llistoire Contemporaries"
study of English political life, to
pave the way for its authors eleva-
ton to the coveted rank of academi-
clan. But the chief triumphs of
the new immortal have been won in
journalism. After brilliant studies
in the Normal School, where he OBJ
tanned prize for philosophy, NJ.
lIerve contributed articles on foreign
politics to the Reuue Contempo-
rdine, and then joined the Courier
do Dim0nche with Provost Paradol,
passing thence to the Temps. Dur
ing the campaign directed by the
Empire against the press NJ. Herve
wrote for the Recue de Geneue, but
when the storm was over he founded
the journal dc Paris with his friend
and fellow-normalian j. j. Weiss.
1t was in this paper that he attracted
the attention both of the Emperor
and of Nj. Theirs, and firmly estab-
lished his reputation. During the
Commune M. Herve was "wanted"
by the Communist Project of Police.
Raoul Rigault. A crowd of UNI
washed Fedcrals went to his office in
the Rue Coz Heron, where the
Journal de Paris was published,
and the concierge of the house, a
woman, warned the staff. M. Herve
and his colleague, NJ. Testc, imme-
diately walked out of the house, arm
in arm, and passed boldly through
the Communist ranks without being
recognized. Had il not been for his
presence of mind on that occasion
the daring editor would have been
shot with the hostages, rty-eight
hours aftcrward, in the prison of La
Roquette. In 1877 NJ. Herve founded
the Orleanist ,SoieH, a half-penny
journal, which, thanks to his admin
istrative ability, has become sue
cess in spite Of its cheapness. lie
too rarely writes in it now, but his
occasionally brief leaders are made
up of political syllogisms, which
march through their majors and
minors to their conclusions with an
irresistible air of conviction and a
logical dircctness that would have
Observation-Disclosures Wbately. M.
Herve's syllogisms, indeed, helped
to ovcrturn NJ. Theirs on May "a,
1878, and led to the discontinue of
the Comte de Chamboard when he
wanted to restore the white flag
after the reconciliation between the
Orleanists and Legitimists, brought
about by the visit of the Comte de
Paris to Frohsdorf. M. Nerves
ardor in the cause of the Orleanists
led to an exchange of amenities be-
tween himself and Nj. Edmond
About, which resulted in q duel,
wherein the latter was wounded in
the arm. The new academician is a
rather tall, well made man, with q
sallow complexion and shaven face,
which gives him somewhat the APP
pearancc of priest. In his early
days he was called Prince Charmant
by the ladies. He is still very
active, but his health is none of the
best, and he Is almost as frequently
to be met at Arcachon OF Cauterets,
or some such place, as in Paris.
From his father, who was professor
in the College of st. Denis, in the
Island of Reunion, he inherited q
taste for mathematics, and from his
mother, Il Breton lady, n bent toward
music. With John Lemoinne he
will be the only academician of the
present day who has won his palms
through journalism alone, for his few
published works have merely served
to consolidate his reputation as q
polemical WRITER Paris Corr. Lon
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